List of people executed in Idaho

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Idaho since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.

Three men have been executed for murder since the Gregg v. Georgia decision; all three were executed by lethal injection at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, east of Kuna. Wells' execution in early 1994 was the first in the state in over 36 years, when Raymond Snowden was hanged in October 1957; the next was over 17 years later (November 2011).

Prior executions
Previous executions in Idaho were by hanging at the Old Idaho State Penitentiary, east of downtown Boise. The last six were:


 * 1957 – Raymond Snowden, October 18
 * 1951 – Ernest Walrath and Troy Powell, April 13
 * 1926 – John Jurko, July 9
 * 1924 – Noah Arnold, December 19
 * 1909 – Frank Seward, May 7

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